Pterois antennata

Pterois antennata
Schönbrunn Zoo, Austria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Genus: Pterois
Species:
P. antennata
Binomial name
Pterois antennata
(Bloch, 1787)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scorpaena antennata Bloch, 1787
  • Pseudomonopterus antennatus (Bloch, 1787)
  • Pteropterus antennata (Bloch, 1787)

Pterois antennata, the spotfin lionfish, banded lionfish, broadbarred lionfish, broadbarred firefish, raggedfinned firefish, raggedfinned scorpionfish or roughscaled lionfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and lionfishes. It is found in the tropical Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.

  1. ^ Motomura, H. & Matsuura, K. (2016). "Pterois antennata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T69799447A69801022. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T69799447A69801022.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterois antennata". FishBase. February 2022 version.